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Football Club Bunyodkor ((ウズベク語:"Бунёдкор" футбол клуби / "Bunyodkor" futbol klubi)) is a professional football club based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Bunyodkor, a relatively obscure club at the time, made international headlines when it claimed to be close to signing world-famous Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o,〔(Russian)〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Samuel Eto'o's arrival in Tashkent fuels Uzbekistan transfer talk )〕 although he did not sign with them.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eto'o in Uzbekistan For Talks )〕 On 25 August 2008, AEK Athens Brazilian superstar Rivaldo announced to the Greek press that he was joining Bunyodkor on a reported $14 million two-year contract. The club finished second in the 2007 Uzbek League season and made the semi-finals of the 2008 AFC Champions League. In the beginning of August 2008, the club changed its name to ''Bunyodkor'' from PFC Kuruvchi to reflect the club's success on the pitch and its increasing professionalism off the pitch.〔(Kuruvchi renamed to Bunyodkor )〕 ==History== Bunyodkor, which means "creator" in Uzbek, was created on 6 July 2005, with the name ''Neftgazmontaj-Quruvchi'', which was typically abbreviated "Kuruvchi” (the Uzbek word for "builder"). In 2005, the club played initially in the championship of Tashkent region and played its way into the playoff for promotion into the First League, the second level of Uzbek football.〔„(Kuruvchi – ambitious trailblazer ). the-afc.com, 6 September 2008〕 Kuruvchi gained promotion that year, its first, and under the management of Khikmat Irgashev, Kuruvchi won the First League in its first attempt, winning 27 of 38 matches with 5 draws and 6 defeats. With its victory in the second level of Uzbek football in 2006, the 2007 season was Kuruvchi's debut in the Uzbek League. Never before had a club moved with such alacrity from the lower reaches of Uzbek competition into the top league. In club's first season Bunyodkor finishe runner-up after Pakhtakor Tashkent. In December 2007 Mirjalol Kasymov was appointed as head coach of Bunyodkor, replacing Hikmat Irgashev.〔„(Касымов – тренер «Курувчи» ) the-afc.com, 5 December 2007 〕 2008 was debut year of Bunyodkor in AFC Champions League where they qualified to the semi-final of tournament. In semifinal they were beaten over two legs by Adelaide United 3–1 on aggregate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「FC Bunyodkor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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